| Title: |
Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions |
| Authors: |
Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Aneseyee, A.B.; Baderha, G.K.R.; Batumike, R.; Bitariho, R.; Imani, G.; Jha, N.; Kaganzi, K.R.; Kaplin, B.A.; Klein, J.A.; Leite, A.; Marchant, R.A.; Martin, E.H.; Mcharazo, F.; Mwangi, B.; Ngute, A.S.K.; Nkengurutse, J.; Nkurunziza, A.; Olaka, L.; Soromessa, T.; Tchoffo, R.O.K.; Thorn, J.P.R.; Twinomuhangi, I.; Sullivan, M.J.P.; Zafra-Calvo, N. |
| Publisher Information: |
Nature Climate Change 2025-02-01 |
| Document Type: |
Electronic Resource |
| Abstract: |
Mountain regions are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, little is known about local adaptation responses in African mountain regions, especially if these are incremental or transformational. First, using household questionnaires, we interviewed 1,500 farmers across ten African mountain regions to investigate perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses. Second, through a reflective process involving all co-authors, we identified: (1) main constraints and opportunities for adaptation, and (2) if adaptation was incremental or transformational. Questionnaire data show that farmers in all sites perceive multiple impacts, and that they mostly respond by intensifying farming practices and using off-farm labour. We established that, while several constraints were shared across sites, others were context specific; and that adaptation was mostly incremental, but that certain attributes (for example, social capital) made three sites in East Africa slightly more transformational. © The Author(s) 2025. |
| Index Terms: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| URL: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10810/77004; 1758678X; https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02221-w |
| Availability: |
Open access content. Open access content |
| Note: |
We are deeply grateful to our study participants, who graciously shared their time, energy and stories. We thank our field assistants and facilitators for making this research possible and D. I. Mutaganzwa for helping to gather the data in Rwanda. We acknowledge funding from the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) through the Synthesis Workshops funding programme for MRI Community-led Activities (to A.C.-S., N.Z.-C. and B.A.K.), the Mountain Sentinels Fellowship 2021 (to B.M.) and the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) through the Development Corridors Partnership project (project no. ES/P011500/1, to R.A.M.).; English |
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ESUPV oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/77004; 1574513655 |
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| Accession Number: |
edsoai.on1574513655 |
| Database: |
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